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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Friday, January 7, 1983

27-Down : Provider of timber for Solomon

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,113
Across
1
Underlying theme : MOTIF
6
Stirs : ADOS
10
Sharp blow : CLAP
14
___ acids : AMINO
15
Marine carnivore : SEAL
16
London's Albert ___ : HALL
17
Sills, e.g. : COLORATURA
19
Ambler's "Journey ___ Fear" : INTO
20
Like a fence's possessions : HOT
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Financial-page listing : AMEX
22
City on the Vistula : CRACOW
24
Culture medium : AGAR
25
Honshu city : KURE
26
Rebuke : CHIDE
29
Floats for seaplanes : PONTOONS
33
Aborigine of Japan : AINU
34
Group in a jungle : PRIDE
36
Cautionary sign : SLOW
37
Edge or margin : BRIM
38
Indian princesses : RANIS
39
Moslem judge : CADI
40
Mary or Mary's follower : LAMB
41
Kilns : OVENS
42
Western Indians : UTES
43
Jurisdictions in Arabia : EMIRATES
45
Salad herb : CRESS
46
Conte : TALE
47
Cavatina : SOLO
49
Certain marbles : AGATES
51
Travel document : VISA
52
Tiny : WEE
55
Nobelist in Physics: 1944 : RABI
56
Ephemeral : TRANSITORY
59
Base of a column : ORLO
60
Natural linen color : ECRU
61
Mme. Curie : MARIE
62
Command from a D.D.S. : OPEN
63
Emerson poem : DAYS
64
Disburse : SPEND
Down
1
Word with wave or number : MACH
2
Melville romance : OMOO
3
Tip : TILT
4
Cadmus's daughter : INO
5
Provender : FORAGE
6
Suffix with critic : ASTER
7
Pas de ___, ballet dance : DEUX
8
Row : OAR
9
Laxity : SLACKNESS
10
Artist's treatment of light and shade : CHIAROSCURO
11
Tapering, as leaves : LANCEOLATE
12
Choir member : ALTO
13
Farm implement : PLOW
18
M.D.'s org. : AMA
23
Groove or routine : RUT
24
Faint sketch; outline : ADUMBRATION
26
Type of TV : CABLE
27
Provider of timber for Solomon : HIRAM
28
Unique : INIMITABLE
29
Loblollies : PINES
30
Norse god of war : ODIN
31
Knots or knobs : NODES
32
Helvetian : SWISS
34
Expressed objection : PROTESTED
35
Talk incoherently : RAVE
44
A potable : ALE
45
Demands : CLAIMS
47
Bend or curve : SINUS
48
Pre-C.I.A. agency : OSS
49
Buck chaser : AROO
50
Robin Williams role : GARP
51
Diversify : VARY
52
Lasted : WORE
53
Mavourneen's home : ERIN
54
Ogled : EYED
57
NBC parent : RCA
58
Spigot : TAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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